World Igbo Congress: The Challenges AheadUCHENNA ODOGWO, USA (Nigeriaworld) - The task before the WIC goes beyond the Dallas Resolutions as passed and issued. The organization must first work towards restructuring the Ohaneze-Ndigbo to become the paramount umbrella of the family union home and away.The World Igbo Congress Convention Report (Part 4) The Conclusion: Why D is for DallasRUDOLF OKONKWO REPORTING- At the closing ceremony, Governor Mbadinuju of Anambra State noted that he would always remember this convention. He urged the delegates not to pour away the water with the baby, in an apparent reference to Abubakar Rimiís controversy.Alhaji Abubakar Rimi may mean well for NdiIgboGODSON OFFOARO, Mitchellville, MD, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Let's face it. It was a calculation that was bound to backfire from the get go. The invitation of Alhaji Abubakar Rimi to the just concluded World Igbo Congress convention in Dallas on the face value made no sense.The World Igbo Congress Convention Report (Part 3): Abubakar Rimiís Disrespect for IgbosRUDOLF OKONKWO REPORTING- We the Concerned Igbos wish to express in the strongest term our dissatisfaction with the presence of Alhaji Abubakar Rimi at the World Igbo Congress Convention in Dallas. This is not the first time he had been trailing Igbos. But it ought to be the last.Report on the World Igbo Congress Convention (part 2): What Ojukwu told IgbosRUDOLF OKONKWO REPORTING- The entrance of the Ikemba was phenomenal. It was the kind that would only be given to an adored Head of State. Introduced as Eze Ndigbo and a former Biafran leader, the Ikemba walked in swiftly, surrounded by aides who had to quicken their steps to meet up.World Igbo Congress 2000: CommuniqueRUDOLF OKONKWO REPORTING- At the end of the deliberation, the conferees resolved as follows:Report on the World Igbo Congress Convention (part 1): D is for DallasRUDOLF OKONKWO REPORTING- It began with a controversy, proceeded without deep convictions and ended with no practical solutions.Address to the 6th World Igbo Congress Convention in Dallas TexasUJU NKWOCHA AFULEZI, Ph.D, USA (Nigeriaworld) - The Igbo have been to hell and back. I have deliberately dwelt on the negatives and the bizarre while allowing the complimentary and indisputable positive attributes of the Igbo nation as perceived by others and the Igbo themselves to remain as unquestioned residuals to Igbo existence.Igbo: The original sinRUDOLF OKONKWO Lynn, MA, USA (Nigeriaworld) - As Igbos gather in Dallas for the annual World Igbo Congress Conference, I present this piece first published in The Igbo Voice magazine as a preface to the conference.World Igbo Congress 2000: The Tasks Before NdiIgboFRANCIS NNAMDI ELEKWACHI (Nigeriaworld) - Every peoples have a right to self-determination within the sovereignty of their existing country, under International Laws and Convenants. That is to say that as long as the Igbo or any other nationality is not seceding from Nigeria, they have a right to demand autonomy and self-determination to manage their day to day lives and affairs.Igbos and the parable of the IncarnatesRUDOLF OKONKWO Lynn, MA, USA (Nigeriaworld) - All men who committed suicide do not reincarnate. But Okonkwo did. Not only did he choose to be born in the land that brought destruction to his society, he shocked the gods of Umuofia more by coming out from the womb of an Osu.